Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-05-29
PERSONS AND THINGS.

James w. hyatt, the new Treasurer OF
ths United SiAteS. was originally q Re.
publican. but went over to the Democra.
cy IN lS72, at the time Of tie Gree ey
movement
Woman are making great Roadway In
kantas. Tbs supreme Court Of that
State has Just desided that q married
woman nsei not take her husbands
name unless she shall elecs 70 do 30.
Here 10 . good wor for the women. An
English sta list clan hal discovered that
married men live longer and better lives
than bachelors. Amoag every 1000 bach
elors there are IS criminals; among mar
ried men the ratio Is only Is per 100.
The Pincian Hin ct Rome now bears
. monument thus inscribed: The neigh
boring palace, once the property Of the
NEEDED, was the prison Of Gaiilse Ialilei.
guilty OF having sea tbs earth revO've
around the sun. s. p. Q. r. MLCCCL-
XXXVII
The best characters Of English fiction,
voted By competitors to the Pail Mall Ga
zstte prize, are Col. Newcome. Count Fos-
CO. Becky sharp the Vicar Of Wake
neld, Inspector Bucket and sam Weller.
Under the head Of best women DiAah
Morris Is given the precedence.
This human hair varies in thickness
from 1850 TO LOO OF 80 inch. blonde
III.
a Germaa 1--we dgator finds that In four
heads OF hair Of equal weight. the red
one contains 100 go hair. the black s.
VOJ- the brown 100 COL and the blonde
la0. 600.
A Clerical gentleman fecsntly met a
couple Of legal friends looking On ct the
erection CT q new Courthouse. The clar-
gymSn inquired, Have yoz come, In &C
cordaRce wi h the cid invitation, to
I'D rEN rEFh ak akr
Lei" immediately one OF the lawyers
repl ed: Not shorty, but coRtinuously
and az great length" The minister bowed
and passed on
II 10 nowadays quite the proper caper
for young wamen 20 make their own
gowns. The fashion obtains particularly
ia ERgland, and even ex epds to the royal
family. the Princess OF Wales herself Get
ting the example. The young Processes
are being trained TO . proper uns srstand-
ind OF the art, and not only make gowns
but wea- the gowns they make. The 80
ciety OF Lady DfessmAkers" IL meeting
with marie ed success.
Royal yachts cost high in England. The
original cot Of the Victoria nnd Albert
was about E1s6 00o, and she has since had
spent on her $50 The Osborne's
original cost VS. ahant Elo6 00a. aud she |
has had about Rll3oQ0 expended on he. |
be Albertas original cnst was ~. 900 |
with subsequsnt expenditure OF fss GO |
The klnn original cost was IS 90 the /
.ubseq geat expenditure being ever $40. |
OF Bssides these interesting items the /
annual pay OF the officers and crews Of 1
he royal yachts Is close apon E50.001
II IL thought says the New Orleans
Pc RocrAt that the Immigration OF for. /
. gner3 n ys9F viii exceed 001 COO /
The cha acter of the inning alton has
grestly ch ma cd Ct late years. Germany
low fe Ids Us sAout 0ns-third o. many se,-
lers - ske did SIX or seven yeaEs sgo
Ia the IN immigration Is Largely fail
ng on Ireland and Germany have dis
y sed Of u ir surplus population for the
'resent. Russia, Austria Poland. Han
iAry and lGs ly shsw an immense Increase
u the new coueTs the Russians pi eseut
ather the best appearance berg tall.
'igoroGs, an 1 With an air Of resolutioa.
hey are chiefly from the grain gOwirg
egions Of the Black Sea.